In
Light goes looking for a leaf
delicate green mulberry leaves
reflect an emerald light back
stomata on the leaf’s underside
open to suck carbon dioxide in
The sweet fruit delicious
silk worms devour the leaves
make a crackling sounding
in a sweltering afternoon
leave leaf skeletons
Everything in this poem - the light, the carbon dioxide, the mulberry leaf and the silk worm - are involved in the process of absorption, the way of life and death.